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Comparison of SOM Algorithm and K-Means Clustering Algorithm in Image Segmentation

by S. Ravikumar, A. Shanmugam
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 46 - Number 22
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: S. Ravikumar, A. Shanmugam
10.5120/7097-9627

S. Ravikumar, A. Shanmugam . Comparison of SOM Algorithm and K-Means Clustering Algorithm in Image Segmentation. International Journal of Computer Applications. 46, 22 ( May 2012), 21-25. DOI=10.5120/7097-9627

@article{ 10.5120/7097-9627,
author = { S. Ravikumar, A. Shanmugam },
title = { Comparison of SOM Algorithm and K-Means Clustering Algorithm in Image Segmentation },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { May 2012 },
volume = { 46 },
number = { 22 },
month = { May },
year = { 2012 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 21-25 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume46/number22/7097-9627/ },
doi = { 10.5120/7097-9627 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A A. Shanmugam
%T Comparison of SOM Algorithm and K-Means Clustering Algorithm in Image Segmentation
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 46
%N 22
%P 21-25
%D 2012
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Image segmentation becomes simpler when the image is made up of smooth images. Many real world images are made up of a variety of smooth and textures regions, all of which need to identified in the segmentation algorithm. In such cases the existing methods fail to produce meaningful segmentation, successfully segmenting only the smooth or textured regions depending on the features used. The segmentation problem can be informally described as the task of partitioning an image into homogeneous regions. But in the textured images one of the main conceptual difficulties is the definition of a homogeneity measure in mathematical terms with of much complexity. By using a clustering algorithm, we can label the pixels of an image to form homogeneous functions or regions. Different clustering algorithms were commonly used in image segmentation algorithms. There are several issues related to image segmentation that require detailed review. The segmentation doesn't perform well if the grey levels of different objects are quite similar. This result in complex texture based image segmentation to use higher filter. But in future this technique used for dimensionality reduction to improve the speed.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Feature Map Self Organizing Map Clustering Neural Networks Segmentation.